#CC8973#CC8973

#CC8973 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.089 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8973
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(15, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(15, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 43.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, 23.01, 22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 32.00, 44.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.069 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.089 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9437, 31.9693, 20.4412)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8973 #73B6CC

analogous

#CC738A #CC8973 #CCB573

triadic

#CC8973 #73CC89 #8973CC

tetradic

#CC8973 #8ACC73 #73B6CC #B573CC

square

#CC8973 #8ACC73 #73B6CC #B573CC

split-complementary

#CC8973 #73CCB5 #738ACC

monochromatic

#904B34 #BC6346 #CC8973 #DCAFA0 #EDD5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CC8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#CC8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8973

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8973	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.089 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac9b',
    500: '#cc8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8973;
$custom-light: #deac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.831,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69243,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8973

secondary

#BDD6DE

accent

#97BA2C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8973

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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